Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Robinson, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Henry Robinson registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 6, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Lavaca County
Henry Robinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Robinson
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Lo Altooville, Pa."
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Robinson in Lavaca County
- Abner Robinsonreached Texas about 1851
Robinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Robinson
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 5 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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